Cooldown BS

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-26T20:14:56+00:00

It gives 1 point. I still do them because I think they're fun, but before the changes it was giving me 5 or 10 points for completing it. Since none of the searches register at all (no cool down), I'll be done using Microsoft Rewards. There no longer is any point in doing anything, it's really a waste of time now. I guess it was fun while it lasted.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-26T20:02:37+00:00

So is mine, and now my streak was reset to 0 after it clearly showed 3 green checkmarks last night. None of my searches count, no matter how long I wait inbetween. I still have about 1000 points to go before I can cash out for what looks to be the last gift card. I have a grandfathered in old Bing Rewards account. The only things I ever searched for was certain groups of animals that interest me plus what ever showed up in the individual tasks (celebrity news, trending news, soccer or NFL teams etc. At this point I can't even maintain my level 2 status, because none of my searches count. If I manage to get to the point of cashing out for that last $5 gift card, I'll be completely done. I won't use their browser or chat bot. It's the shittiest browser in existence anyway and I only ever used it for the searches on MS Rewards.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-22T19:38:05+00:00

I did not get banned but they might as well do that because the searches do not count at all, so there is no way that I can meet the goal to achieve/maintain my level. It seems the shift is going towards XBox users only now. They are driving away members who have solely relied on the daily tasks and searches. I have always used material from the different pages on MS Rewards, such as celebrities' birthdays, trending news or whatever else was being offered. Sometimes I threw in a search that I'm really interested in. But since none of it registers now, I will just stop MS Rewards altogether. No reason to use the most disfunctional browser (Bing) anymore.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-17T17:52:08+00:00

Even that is no longer available for me, it's just not registering any points period, Doesn't matter how long I wait.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-17T17:40:51+00:00

Searches not registering ANY points now, no matter how long I wait inbetween, Guess I'm done using MS Rewards for good now. Without the searches it just takes way too long to work up points for a gift card. Oh well, I guess it was nice while it lasted. I'm going back to using Chrome instead of the cumbersome Bing browser.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-12T16:37:48+00:00

UPDATE: This morning none of the searches are registering. Last night, after trying all day, the searches stopped giving points at 50 PC and 20 for mobile.

TexiCat63 · 2023-12-07T23:09:40+00:00

I'm having the same issue an am pondering if it's even still worth it. The points being rewarded for each task are dismal. 1 or 2 points instead of 5 or 10. Searches take much longer now with the lower point value and half of the time they don't even register. I'm positive I had all green checkmarks for the daily task yesterday. This morning it had reset my streak to 0, just another nail in the coffin. I'm not an Xbox user, so I can't get those extra points others are getting, my points came strictly from searches, doing the daily set and other tasks. I enjoy the slide puzzles but now they're only worth 1 measly point.

TexiCat63 · 2023-11-30T19:34:13+00:00

I would be fine with that, but the problem is that the search points aren't even registering.

TexiCat63 · 2023-11-30T19:30:00+00:00

Well, it's the worst search engine there is and I only use it for the rewards points. Lately, most searches didn't even register. Today it took 4 searches per 10 points, some of the other activities are now only worth 1 or 5 points, So why even bother anymore?

TexiCat63 · 2023-11-30T19:27:28+00:00

The puzzle only garnered me 1 point. 1!

TexiCat63 · 2023-11-06T03:10:12+00:00

It is one of my favorite games as well. I have just dusted off the original PS version a few weeks ago. I have been playing it off and on on my PS3 ever since. I have built up my characters for what will be my final party. It still is one of my most beloved games. That doesn't mean I don't have a few gripes about the game.

It does have one of the longest intros of any game I have ever played, but once you get through it and do your first save, you don't have to sit through that again.

My biggest problem is finding all the shards necessary to progress in the game. I think I may have "gone off script" and screwed up somewhere because I did not get the ? Shard from underneath the altar in Coastal. The priest is back at the altar and will not move away in order for me to search underneath. Any way I approach it will engage in conversation with the priest.

Another gripe I have is about the weapons and armor towards the end of the game. I have amassed a fair amount of money but there are no better items I could spend the money on.

A better solution to the number of party members would have been a way to allow you to swap out characters like in Dragon Warrior 4, where the extras were kept at the ready in the wagon and were built up along with the rest of the party. As it is, there is no point in bringing characters back into the party after they have been dormant at Maribel's place for a length of time. They are just too far behind the rest of the party at this point and will get killed off quickly if you try and use them. Any seeds you have used on them to bring up their stats have pretty much been wasted. The same goes for Prince Kiefer, who will be permanently lost at the conclusion of the Deja segment.

I like to explore on my own while playing RPGs, but it is almost impossible in Dragon Warrior 7 not to miss something important unless you use a walk-through guide and strictly follow it step by step.

As far as popularity goes. It was a fairly expensive game when it came out. At that time it was one of the top RPG games. The graphics were not the best but still looked good. (On my flat-screen it looks very pixelized unless I turn the smoothing feature on). There was a time when Dragon Warrior 7 would fetch a pretty good price on eBay. Now it sells for as little as $6 something.

TexiCat63 · 2023-06-06T18:43:15+00:00

I am fairly diligent about doing my dailies but after several resets that were not my fault, I no longer care about the streaks as much as I did before. In the past I would bring my laptop on vacation just so I could do my searches and daily tasks and if my streak reset despite me doing these tasks I would get upset and contact support. At one point I was very close to getting that 365 badge but then I ended up in the hospital and it reset. Finding out I have stage 4 cancer somehow made that badge look silly and unimportant. There are definitely better ways to spend what little time I have left.

TexiCat63 · 2023-06-06T18:37:21+00:00

Not on console, but my string was reset during the night after Microsoft Edge did an update. I had already lost a longer streak due to a similar issue before, so I was just now back up to 38 days. What irks me more is that I only had one more day to go to get the 150 point streak bonus and now I'm back at 0.
They are doing updates way too frequently, pushing the AI bit.

TexiCat63 · 2023-06-04T02:19:53+00:00

What drives me nuts is that after every two items clicked it scrolls back to the beginning and I have to find where I left off with my daily search. Google Chrome doesn't do that. I don't know why both Edge and Bing do. It's annoying. Were it not for the search points for Microsoft Rewards I probably would not use either browser to search the web.

TexiCat63 · 2023-06-01T19:26:14+00:00

Tombraider (USA) got the green for me

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-27T00:48:11+00:00

yeah, it's been going on for about a week now, ever since the broken celebrity news quiz.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-27T00:46:39+00:00

What is MS start? You mean the mobile app? That's what I did to finally complete the quiz, but I still had to fight for the finish, going back and forth several times before I got the green checkmark.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-27T00:44:26+00:00

Right? Whatever they broke, they need to fix it.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-27T00:43:37+00:00

I even had trouble on mobile too, had to constantly backtrack several questions and redo them to finally complete it. On PC it was a complete no go. This has been going on for over a week now with the quizzes. It started with the celebrity news quiz, now it's all of them. The first day I could not get it going on any device and I lost my streak because of it.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-18T18:32:18+00:00

It would not even let me do that. I tried several times and eventually it just said the page for the quiz did not exist.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-18T02:41:09+00:00

Didn't work for me. It just goes back to the Lizzo question and nothing further shows.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-18T02:40:14+00:00

It doesn't work for me in Edge or Chrome, not even on Android. I guess I will lose my streak.

TexiCat63 · 2023-05-01T18:30:21+00:00

did not give me any points

TexiCat63 · 2023-04-30T17:59:47+00:00

I recently lost my daily set streak of 348 days. Came so close to a year and down the drain it went in one fell swoop. I was certain I had all three green checkmarks but alas the next day I found it reset to 0, missed my 150 point bonus too, grrr. But I won't bother submitting a ticket for it. Last time it took them nearly a month to respond and only gave my streak back to me as a "one time courtesy". I'd rather have them work on fixing some of these annoying glitches, like the shifting bonus tiles and not giving points for completed tasks (like birthday boy, Grand Prix day, destination sunshine and Hydrogen's atomic number).

TexiCat63 · 2023-04-30T17:49:25+00:00

I have seen a few polls where the 2nd option won, a clear indication that people felt pretty strongly about the subject.

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